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Research technician II

We invite fresh college graduates interested in a future career in research and/or medicine to join our active research team as a lab technician.
 
Successful candidates are expected to commit to the position for minimal two years and participate in research projects studying the mechanism of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and obesity-related liver cancers.
 
The job duties include:
 
1) Research
  • Studying and recording animal behavioral and metabolic phenotypes as well as drug responses
  • PCR genotyping for animal colonies maintenance
  • Isolating tissue, blood and urine samples for obesity, fatty liver disease and liver cancer studies.
·     Assisting post-docs and graduate students in their research using state-of-art techniques
o  Protein and RNA studies
o  Tumor and DNA isolation and genotyping
o  Immunoassays
o  Plasmid construction and cell transformation
 
2). Lab Management
  • Purchasing orders and lab organization
  • Animal data recording.